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W. F. LAUENROTH.

TOWEL RACK.

APPLICAHON FILED FEB-29.1916.

Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

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V7 ALTER F. LAUENROTI-I, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

TOWEL-RACK.

l lillhltlii Application filed February 29, 1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER F. LAUEN- no'rn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Towel- Racks; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description oi? the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a towel rackand one of its objects is the provision of a device of this character,which shall be simple, durable and el'licient, and which may bemanufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a base, having aplurality of horizontally projecting arms journaled thereon and adaptedto swing about a vertical axis to position them radially from thevertical axis to support towels and other articles in spaced relation toeach other for drying.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for holding thearms radially ot' the vertical axis to support the towels or otherarticles upon each arm in spaced relation to each other, and preventthem from conii ng in contact and said means capable of releasing thearms so that they may be swung into parallel relation with each otherwhen not in use.

lVith these and other objects in view as will become more apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a side elevation of a towel rack constructed in accordancewith my invention, Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the arms in anoperative position, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on theline 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. at is a horizontal. sectional view taken onthe line t l of Fig. 2.

Referring indetail to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates a baseadapted to be secured to the walls in any well known manner or may beattached to any other portion of a building. Secured adjacent eachSpecification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented A11 1, 1916.

Serial No. 81,193.

end of the base 1 are blocks 2 and 3, which are apertured to receive avertically extendmg bolt 1. J ournaled upon the bolt 4 and one above theother are arms 5, (3 and 7, which are provided with reduced portions ofcylindrical formation to support towels or other articles. The ends ofthe arms 5, 6 and 7 that are journaled upon the bolt 4 are rectangularin cross-section to space the reduced cylindrical portions apart.

Plates 8 and 9 are pivotally secured to the enlarged portions of thearms 6 and 7 as illustrated at 10 and are each adapted to be swung uponits pivot to engage the sides of the arms directly below to cause thearms to extend radially from the bolt 1 to prevent towels and otherarticles upon the reduced cylindrical portion from coming in contactwith each other. As for instan ,c the plate 8 is swung about its pivotto engage the side of the arm 5, which will prevent the arms 5 and 6from coming in parallel alinement with each other. The plate 9 is swungabout its pivot to engage the side of the arm 6 which will hold andprevent the arm 7 from moving in parallel alinement with the arm 6.

lVhen the deviceis not in use, the plates 8 and 9 are swung to aparallel position with the arms, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and the arms5, 6 and -7 are free to be moved in parallel alinement with each otherto make a compact article. If desired any number of arms may be employedin constructing a towel rack of the character above described, byincreasing the size of the base 1 and the length of the bolt. WVhenincreasing the number of the arms each additional arm will be providedwith a plate to engage the adjoining arm below. Secured to the lower endof the base 1 are a pair of hooks 11, which may be employed for hangingtowels and other articles upon them.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is A towel rackcomprising a base, blocks secured to each end of said base, a boltcarried by said blocks, arms journaled on said bolt, said arms adaptedto swing in a hor'- zontal plane about the bolt, and plates PIV-'alinement with each other.

otally secured to some of the arms for en- In testimony whereof I alfiXmy signature gagement with the side of the nfixt adj accent in presenceof two witnesses.

arm to hold said arms in radia y eXten' ec positions and said platesadapted to be WALTER LAUENROTH' swung in parallel alinement with thearms Witnesses:

to allow said arms to be swung in parallel MARIE LAUENROTH,

FRANCES WHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

